The Golden Dragon by Eötvös, K 27 mai 2020, Alates (2020/2020), Juhatatud Aldona Farrugia, Dirigent Gabor Hontvári, Mainfranken Theater, Würzburg, Germany

A young Chinese, "terrified of toothache", works illegally in the Asian restaurant "The Golden Dragon". His colleagues rip out the tooth with a pipe wrench; he ends up in a Thai soup. A girl is pregnant and has a falling out with her boyfriend. Inga finds the tooth in her Thai soup. A young Chinese woman is forced into prostitution. The Chinese bleeds to death in the kitchen of the "Golden Dragon" and his colleagues throw him into the river. Inga throws the tooth into the river. "The tooth is gone. As if he had never been there.” The Hungarian composer and conductor Peter Eötvös is one of the most performed music dramatists of our time, his Chekhov opera "The Three Sisters" or "Angels in America" ​​based on Tony Kushner are classics of contemporary music theater. "The Golden Dragon", simply titled "music theater" by the composer, was written for the Ensemble Modern in Frankfurt. The fast-paced story is based on the play of the same name by Roland Schimmelpfennig, which was voted play of the year in the 2009 critics' poll by "Theater heute". Eötvös has captured the plot in a brilliant score for chamber orchestra. The five actors - soprano, mezzo-soprano, two tenors, baritone - each take on several characters; not least in this dramaturgically sophisticated constellation of characters was the special appeal of the setting. With the “Golden Dragon” a work by Peter Eötvös is on the program of the Mainfranken Theater for the first time.